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Earnings Disappointments
Punish Major Stock Indexes

More bad earnings news, on top of soft retail-sales reports and rising oil prices, sent major stock indexes to their lowest levels since May.

The corporate disappointments came from companies including Yahoo, Alcoa, Wal-Mart Stores, Target and Siebel Systems. The news sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which includes Alcoa and Wal-Mart, down 68.73 points, or 0.67%, to 10171.56. That marked the fourth decline in the quarter's first...